Ratchet sleeve-wrench.



C. GUSHWA & C. P. WILSEY.

RATGHET SLEEVE WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1912.

1 132,25?, Patented Mar.16,1915.

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CHARLES GUSHWA AND CLYDE F. WILSEY, OF CORUNNA, INDIANA.

RATGI-IET SLEEVE-WRENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application fil ed September 11, 1912. Serial N 0. 719,756.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES GUSHWA and CLYDE F. WILsEY, citizens of the United States of America, and resident of Corunna, in the county of Dekalb and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ratchet Sleeve- VVrenches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ratchet sleeve wrenches of the class used for making wire joints, and the object thereof is to provide a device of its class that may readily be applied to wires of several different sizes, and be quickly manipulated in effecting the completion of the wire joint.

The object of the construction is accomplished by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the device with the face plate removed to show the interior of the head; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same partly cut away and partly in central section; and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a wire joint of the character made with the use of the present device.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and referring now to the same: 1 is the shank of the wrench and 2 is the hollow head which is integral therewith. At the opposite end of the shank is a snap-hook 3, the purpose of which is for the attachment of the wrench to the belt of the lineman or operator. In the hollow head is revolubly mounted a ratchet-wheel 4 having opposite axial bosses 5, one of which extends through the back 6 of the head, and the other of which extends likewise through the face plate 7 that attaches to the front of the head. Through the axial center of the wheel 4 is an opening 8 and a slot 9 extends from said opening through the edge of the wheel. The upper end of the head 2 and also of the face plate 7 have a slot 10 through which wires may be introduced edgewise into the opening 8 in the wheel. The opening 8 is so shaped that either one of the sides thereof will conform to the shape of the sleeve 11 that is commonly used in making wire joints, the one side being made for one size sleeve, and the other for a different size, as indicated by the letters A and B, the inner end of the slot being bifurcated and the forked ends thereof being shaped accordingly for the different sizes of sleeves.

Within the head 2 is mounted a pawl 12 that acts against the teeth of the ratchetwheel under the influence of a spring 13 connected therewith.

In the operation of this invention the wires 14: and 15 to be connected are introduced into the sleeve 11, (the latter being straight before the present invention is applied). One end of the sleeve is then clamped tightly upon the wires by means of any suitable clamp in the ordinary manner, and the opposite end of the sleeve is introduced through the slot and face plate into the opening 8 in the wheel. The shank of the wrench is then swung to and fro so that the ratchet wheel will be worked around and the sleeve consequently twisted to an extent necessary to complete the joint. The wrench is then removed by slipping the sleeve out through the slots 9 and 10.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A tool for forming wire splices, comprising a revoluble ratchet wheel having an opening extending from its periphery to its axis, the opening being bifurcated at its axial end, the forked ends thereof being shaped to receive sleeves of different sizes, a slotted head in which the ratchet wheel is mounted, and a ratchet in connection with the head to engage the ratchet wheel.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES GUSHWA. CLYDE F. WILSEY.

Witnesses:

S. P. BEEHER, ALVIN FREED.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

